to. alex wagner tonight, starting right now. good evening alex. good evening mehdi. that is such an essential conversation that you, and the congresswoman were having. you too are the best people to have it. thank you for putting that on our air. thank you so much, i appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are following breaking news out of texas, where authorities believe that they have in custody the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an ar-15 semi automatic rifle. officials will be holding a press conference, later this hour, and of course, we will bring you any details we learn, later this hour. but first, most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck, not knowing how, or if they will be able to pay their bills each month. and now, it is not just americans, it is also the country, america, itself. the entire federal government is one month from being out of cash. that is not an exaggeration
that is not an exaggeration. we are four months passed the debt limit. the treasury has been doing creative accounting since then. the treasury is warning for the government of the united states could truly be broke by june 1st. if republicans in congress do not raise the debt ceiling in the next 30 days, the global economy could collapse. so, given the stakes, this should be a real straightforward fix. who would want to use the debt ceiling as a negotiating wedge? hopefully, we are in good shape for the debt ceiling. i can t imagine anybody ever even thinking of using the debt ceiling as a negotiating watch. can t imagine, who? who would want to do that? turns out, the entire republican party. despite the fact that the gop raise the debt ceiling under president trump, they raised three times, every time republicans are in control of congress, and there is a democrat in the white house,